Word study Psalm 68:19

Abundantly blessed is our Lord who continually blesses us and carries our burdens.  He is the source of our deliverance, help, prosperity, salvation, security, and victory.

Our Provision

What have we been provided for by grace in Jesus' life, torture, death, triumph over satan, and resurrection, blood offering, placement with God?

We have healing 1 Peter 2:24
We have prosperity 2 Corinthians 8:9
We have deliverance and dominion over Satan. Colossians 1:13, Romans 6:14
We have favor Acts 2:46-47
We have forgiveness and redemption Ephesians 1:7
We have righteousness of God Philippians 3:9
We have an advocate and intercessor 1 John 2:1
We have a helper John 14:16
We have a mediator and a better covenant Hebrews 8:6
We have a new spirit Ezekiel 36:25-27
We are a new creation 2 Corinthians 5:17
We are grafted into Abraham Galatians 3:6-7


We could go to church every day, pray endlessly, read continuously, labor to the breaking point, and give all of our possessions to the poor and we will never earn nor deserve a single one of these provisions.

They are a free gift, purchased and facilitated by the blood of Jesus.  When Jesus sat down at the Favor of God, the acquisition was complete for all time.  It's a done deal.

If we can believe for any of these provisions 'whatsoever', then we can receive it by grace. 

It has already been done in the spiritual, we just need to believe to see it manifested in our lives. 

Trust that God is always good, His Word is always true, the provision has been already been purchased, the plan is already in place, and that we, His beloved, are the objects of His desire.

Trust that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us; To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Joy In Giving

God does not want you to give tithes and offerings if you do it out of obligation in a debt mentality. He wants you to give compelled by love and in a belief that everything that you need in this world has been already provided by grace with the finished works of Jesus Christ.

If the motivation for your giving is to get God to bless you, you are trying to gain favor by your works and have stepped outside of faith; This will plug up the works of God in your life.

However, if you are giving in a joyful heart, as an expression of love for the Kingdom of God, knowing that God's promises are true, the windows of heaven will be opening.

If you don't give, God is not going to squash you like a bug; we have been redeemed from the curse of the law. You just won't participate in the blessings he has planned for you.

But if you do give, compelled by love for God, God will bless every aspect of your life, for more than your works could ever aspire.

Be sensitive to God's inspiration to give.  Start small when your heart stirs, give a bottle of water to thirsty, read to a child, pay for someones groceries, sponsor a child for camp, etc.

Do so in a way that does not draw attention to yourself and God will start to give you a joy for giving. He will also give seed to the sower, so that you have more resources to give with.

If you aren't a giver, give it a try.

If you are a giver and have been given begrudgingly, but you haven't been able to get out of your rut, evaluate your heart; are you in works or faith in grace.

If you are a giver and God is pouring out blessings so that you cannot contain them, share your testimony.